1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (234+ words) The FAA wants a fuel line checked on some Delta, JetBlue and Breeze Airbus A220s. It sounds worse than it is, and here is why. It’s a sign of an incredible system of part tracking and tracing to be able to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (587+ words) The FAA ordered oil pump safeguards for Trent 7000 engines powering Delta’s A330neos. Here’s what the rule requires and what Delta requested. For a month my airworthiness-directive reading has been all Boeing, from the win that lasted two days to the 767 wings…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (889+ words) American Airlines may be about to make a rather ironic widebody fleet decision: after prematurely retiring its entire Airbus A330 fleet during the pandemic, it is now seriously considering ordering the Airbus A330-900neo as the long-term replacement for its aging Boeing 777-200ERs. American…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1072+ words) I have been following the remarkable legal ordeal of Simon Hradecky, founder and editor of The Aviation Herald, for several days. It is a sobering story about aviation reporting, defamation law, and the very real financial risks that independent publishers…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (368+ words) The FAA ordered Boeing 787 wing inspections, told American its tracking software is not the agency’s problem, and ignored the Boeing accountability question. The estimated cost is $413,270 across the whole US fleet. Parts cost $0. Boeing indicated some of it may fall…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (928+ words) Patrick Quayle, United Airlines’ Senior Vice President of Global Network Planning and Alliances, made an interesting comment in Newark yesterday while discussing the carrier’s latest international expansion: United, he said, is now “more of a lifestyle brand than we are…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (774+ words) Aeroplan has quietly nudged up the price of at least some United Airlines economy class awards, another reminder that when loyalty programs introduce variable award pricing, the “variable” part has an unfortunate tendency to move only in one direction. Aeroplan…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1584+ words) United Airlines is betting heavily on the Airbus A321XLR for its next phase of international growth, using the narrowbody not merely to replace aging Boeing 757s, but to open longhaul routes that would not be viable with a larger widebody aircraft. United…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (277+ words) Boeing told the FAA its 767 wing inspections start too late. The FAA said no, blamed the wrong company, and assumed the repairs were done right. The FAA published a final airworthiness directive on August 13 covering Boeing 767-300 and 767-300F aircraft fitted with…...